# Acts 11:21

> The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

— Acts 11:21, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Antioch** (Syria · today Antakya) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/antioch

## When

- c. AD 40-44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.

## Who ruled

- **Caligula**, emperor of Rome, AD 37-41 · Source: Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44

## What happened

- **The disciples are called Christians** (AD 44)
  The name is not chosen by the followers: it is what the city starts calling them. A nickname from outside that stuck.

## See also

- Luke 1:66 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/1/66
- Acts 2:47 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/47
- Acts 5:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/14
- Isaiah 59:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/1
- Acts 6:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/7
- Acts 9:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/35
- 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/3/6
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/1/5

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).